Trees

And again, it's been an age since I last blogged.  Just as I was getting into the swing of it again, stuff happened.  Unfortunately my niece is in hospital, originally Margate now one of the London hospitals, and is likely to be there for a while.

The reason I mention this is that this weekend was the one planned for the tree removal.  The men were due at 10:30am but I was supposed to be catching a train for London at 10:47am - a bit of a clash.  However, my dad agreed to come round and supervise the workmen (and pay them - but with my money, in case you're wondering).  Then at 8am the front door rang.  I shot out of bed, convinced I'd overslept and it was my brother who was taking me to the station.  Instead, in the pouring rain, there were two men in high-visibility suits - they'd come two and a half hours early as their boss hadn't told them the agreed start time!  Still that did mean that by 9am, the tree was down, the rubbish cleared away and the men gone.

When my brother did turn up (at 10am as agreed) I'd showered, washed up, eaten breakfast, packed my bag and done a load of washing - I really must try this getting up early at the weekend malarky more often.  I spent the day in London, at the hospital trying to cheer my niece up, then travelled home with my brother's wife.  Even though I hadn't done much during the day, I was exhausted.  I'm not a fan of hospitals although this one smelt good (usually they smell of disinfectant and watery mashed potatoes but not this one).

In other news this week, at work I've been cataloging cassettes and books and disposing of those that don't match in preparation for the great staff room move.  Tensions have been running a little high but that is to be expected.  In general people don't like change and this is going to be quite a big upheaval.  Next week I'll be teaching in the morning and continuing with the admin work in the afternoon which is actually quite a nice mixture.

Monday night is judgment night in the Digital Assignment competition of the photog soc and I've got six images entered so keep your fingers crossed for me.  Apart from that my lovelies I have nothing else to report.